Free web hosting on the internet (Part 1)

1. 8m.com & FreeServers.com - offers more features than many paid hosting services:
   - 20MB of web space--plenty of room for your web site!
   - Customized domain name
   - Unlimited Email Addresses
   - Direct FTP access
   - Free Access Counter
   - Free Guestbook
   - Easy File Manager
   

   Your address	Space, MB	E-mail	Upload	CGI	Host's ads	Revenue capabilities
   Subdom	12	Forw	FTP&Br	Set	Yes	Yes

   http://www.freeservers.com
   04/23/00
2. RedRival Internet Services- Personal & Business hosting include these features: No forced advertising or popups on users' sites! FTP 24/7! Easy uploading with FTP! FREE Web Space for you to create a web site! FREE 20 megabytes of space! FREE Email Address - Coming Soon! EASY Web page development with our On-Line Web Site Management programs. Simple & Fast GateWay to the Internet! Use us as your StartUp page! We have ALL of the best sites linked! And MANY, many more features! We will continually offer more services as we grow!
   

   Your address	Space, MB	E-mail	Upload	CGI	Host's ads	Revenue capabilities
   /	20	Yes	FTP	No	No	Yes

   http://www.redrival.com
   10/16/99
3. DreamWater.com- Free 30MB Web space (and more if you need it!), free Guestbook, free Chat Board, free Web Page Builder, free Web Page Templates, free Clip Art, fast Server, simple URL (http://dreamwater.com/yourname), unlimited Bandwidth, unlimited Hits and no annoying Pop-Up Banners !
   

   Your address	Space, MB	E-mail	Upload	CGI	Host's ads	Revenue capabilities
   /	30	No	Br	No	No	Yes

   http://dreamwater.com
   09/04/99
4. Virtual Avenue - Virtual Avenue offers free virtual domain hosting for your web site. No setup fee, no monthly charge. The only thing you need to do is displaying their sponsor's advertising banner on the top of each of your web pages.
   

   Your address	Domain http://www.you.com of subdomain http://you.virtualave.net
   Space	20 MB
   E-mail	They provide email forwarding for your entire domain. Your address will look like this: someone@you.com or someone@www.you.com, where "someone" can be any name, and the email will be forwarded to your real email address of your choice. If you only have sub domain, then your domain name part will be @subdomain.virtualave.net or @www.subdomain.virtualave.net. You actually will have unlimited email addresses for your account.
   Upload	FTP. You can use Netscape or FrontPage for publishing.
   CGI	Full CGI capabilities. Allows you to install your own CGI scripts in you own CGI directory. They are currently running Perl 5.004.
   Host's ads	Pop up ads are automatically displayed in new windows.
   Revenue capabilities	No limitations. You can put as many banners as you want on your pages.
   Additional capabilities (totally)
   SSI	Server side include is available. File names with server side include must have extension ".shtml".
   Security	They don't support secure HTTP (SSL, HTTPS)
   Reliability & accessability	Their servers are connected to the Internet through multiple OC-3 lines and are guaranteed a 99% uptime.
   FrontPage	You can use FrontPage98 for publishing but they don't support FrontPage98 server extensions.
   Frames	No limitations
   Removal if idle	No limitations
   File size limit	Non of your files should be larger than 1.2 Mb. Any file larger than 1.2 Mb will be automatically deleted.
   Other restrictions	Common
   Tech support	Very limited for free sites
   Comment	If you need a real domain (http://www.yourname.com), Virtual Avenue will provide free service to register it for you (if it is new), but you will be billed by InterNIC for $70.00 (InterNIC charges $70 per domain name at registration time for two year and $35/year after two years).

   http://www.virtualave.net
   03/04/01
5. ProHosting - This free web space is to be used for good personal and business web pages. No hacking/porn/warez related sites allowed.
   

   Your address	http://free.prohosting.com/~you
   Space	10 MB
   E-mail	POP3. Your email address will be you@thor.prohosting.com
   Upload	FTP
   CGI	Full CGI capabilities. Allows you to install your own CGI scripts in you own CGI directory.
   Host's ads	Popup on each page
   Revenue capabilities	No limitations. You are allowed to put paid Ad Banners on your pages.
   Additional capabilities (totally)
   SSI	Custom server side include is available.
   FrontPage	They don't support FrontPage 98 extensions for our free users but do it for the paying customers
   Frames	No limitations
   Removal if idle	No limitations
   Other restrictions	Common
   Comment	Rather long period before your account becomes activated. Usually a couple of weeks to set it up because of the numerous amount of people that are at Free ProHosting.

   http://free.prohosting.com
   07/11/99
6. Hypermart - That's what HyperMart declares about itself:"HyperMart is a free hosting provider for businesses and non-profit organizations. Our services are intended to help people establish their company in the online community. We provide a list of features usually not found among free business-hosting providers."
   

   Your address	You are able to host a domain name (http://www.you.com) or a sub domain name (http://you.hypermart.net). If you wish to host a domain name, you will be able to register a new domain name or transfer your existing domain name. Regardless of the method that you choose (domain or sub domain), it is free to host your business site at Hypermart. Keep in mind that if you want to register and host a new domain name, InterNIC will bill you $35 per year. They use Non-IP virtual hosting. This means that they do not assign a unique IP address to each domain.
   Space	10 MB
   E-mail	They offer Unlimited email aliasing with one forwarding account and an auto-responder for use with your email account. This will allow you to forward the mail that is sent to your domain to a "real" E-mail address where you can read it.
   Upload	One FTP account for administrative purposes
   CGI	CGI access from anywhere on your account. You are able to run CGI Scripts written in a scripting language called Perl 4 and 5. CGI enables you to add interactive and dynamic content to your webpage - you can have your own WWWBoard to let your users interact, run your own website poll, or keep track of your visitors. You can not run CGI scripts written in C++, Visual Basic, or some other language.
   Host's ads	Each page that you create is required to carry our advertising HTML, which will load in an advertising banner. These banners always will be limited to one standard-size (468x60) sponsorship banner. The banner advertisements must be located "above the fold" on your pages. "Above the fold" is the uppermost viewable area within a browser window consisting of 608x320 pixels. You cannot move the banner "below the fold" on your pages. Alternatively, you may choose pop-up ads.
   Revenue capabilities	You can swap banners or links with people; you just can't use a CGI script to do it. You can not RUN YOUR OWN banner exchange like Link Exchange.
   Additional capabilities (totally)
   SSI	Not declared
   Security	HyperMart has SSL certificate for each server so that its members can use of a secure server.
   FrontPage	Front Page extensions are supported. Access to install the latest FP extensions on your account.
   Frames	Currently those members using frames must use the pop-ups not banners.
   Removal if idle	Pages are subject to removal, if there is no activity (hits or edits) on the page for 15 days.
   Other restrictions	They are no longer allowing users to join Hypermart that are using an email address at hotmail.com, or at many of the other free email providers.
   Comment	Note that this service is provided for BUSINESSES ONLY. No personal home pages. Other features: Unlimited Web site traffic, access to your raw log file and pre-processed stats reports, your own newsgroup on our servers, email-based support, many member utilities to help manage your account & secure server for SSL transactions.

   http://www.hypermart.net
   10/16/99

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